[Air-L] Call for submissions: Digital Activism in and Outside the Classroom

[iskandar zulkarnain]

*Call for Submissions*



The Global Digital Humanities Working Group in the Central New York
Humanities Corridor seeks graduate students and recent Ph.Ds to participate
in a work-in-progress workshop on the theme “Digital Activism in and
Outside the Classroom,” to be hosted virtually by the University of
Rochester on April 2, 2021. Selected participants will receive a $500 cash
support from the working group. Funding is generously provided by the CNY
Humanities Corridor through an award by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.



We welcome papers that address the theme “Digital Activism in and Outside
the Classroom.” Papers can address any aspect of digital media that
intersects with social and environmental justice activism, both
historically and in the present. We envision submissions that critically
examine topics such as, but not limited to:



●      Social media activism, hashtag activism, and intersectionality

●      Global tactical media movement

●      Anti-surveillance activism and/or sousveillance

●      Data activism, data feminism, and ethical Big Data

●      E-waste activism

●      Platform activism

●      Activist pedagogy in classroom settings

●      TikTok as a medium for contemporary activism

●      Digital activism as a voice for underrepresented communities

●      Digital “artivism”



Selected papers will receive feedback from peers and faculty members from
our partner schools including the University of Rochester, Syracuse
University, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges.



The workshop consists of two parts. *Part I *will take place asynchronously
on Perusall from *March 15th to March 30th*. Each selected participant is
expected to provide feedback to other selected papers. *Part II* will take
place synchronously for two hours on *April 2nd* over Zoom, with a public
audience.



*Submission: *



To participate, please send an abstract (300-400 words) and a short bio
(100 words) to digital.activism.21 at gmail.com before *Feb. 15th*.



The organizing committee will announce selected papers by *Feb. 26th.*



Selected participants are expected to turn in a work-in-progress paper (no
more than 5000 words) by *March 15th.*



*Eligibility: *



Current students or recent Ph.D. graduates (no earlier than September 2017)
in any humanities or social sciences discipline. International submissions
will be considered. All submissions must be in English.



Participants who are currently enrolled or employed by a member institution
of the Central New York Humanities Corridor (including Syracuse University,
Cornell University, University of Rochester, Colgate University, Hamilton
College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Skidmore College, St. Lawrence
College, Union College, Le Moyne College, and Rochester Institute of
Technology) are welcome to submit. However, due to funding restrictions,
you are ineligible for the $500 financial support.



Participants who graduated from a CNY Humanities Corridor member
institutions in the past three years but are no longer affiliated with the
CNY Humanities Corridor are eligible for this financial support.




-- 
Iskandar Zulkarnain, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Media and Society
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
300 Pulteney Street
Geneva, NY 14456

Personal website:
http://digitalperipheries.net/

Rochester Intermedia Studies Group

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